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W. P. HALE. FRUIT DRIER.

(NoModeL) Patented July 10,1883.

INVBNTOR BY VMWW ATTORNEYS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @rrrce.

\VILLIAM F. HALE, OF JAMESTOWN, NEYV YORK.

FRUIT- DRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 110,281,057, dated July 10,1883.

Application filed March 2, 1883. (No model.)

Toa/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM F. HALE, of

Jamestown, in the county of Gliatauqua and is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention consists of a metallic box with wire-gauze top and bottom,andv containing fruit-racks, and having a hot-air chamber below thewire-gauze bottom, adapted to rest on or be suspended over the top of acook-stove for being heated and being suspended from the ceiling bycords which are attached to drums on the sides of the drier, so that byturning a crank the drier can be quickly raised up and suspended abovethe stove, when the latter is wanted for cooking-purposes, withoutwholly suspending the drying process, all as hereinafter fullydescribed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of thisspecification, in

, which the figure is a perspective view of my improved fruit-drierapplied to a coolcstove as I propose.

I make a rectangular box, a, of sheet-metal sides and ends, withwire-gauze top I; and bottom 0, and having fruit-racks d, as required,and also having a base, 6, to rest on the top ot the stove and form ahot-air chamber under the racks, from which the air will ascend throughthe racks with more or less activity, according to the heat and spacefor admission of air under the edges of the base 6, which may eitherrest directly on the top of the stove or may be suspended above it 'moreor less by means of the cords f, attached to the ceiling and connectedto the drier by the pulleys g and drums h, the drums being attached to acrankshaft, z', by which they are to be turned for raising and loweringthe drier, and having a ratchet and pawl, j, to hold them in anyrequired position. One end, 76, of the box is suitably hinged foropening it to put in and take out the racks; and in practice the base 6will be made detachable by taking out the pins or screws at Z to detachthe base from short legs in of the box, so that the base, which consistsof a tray with a wire-gauze bottom, may be used for bleaching the fruitbefore drying, if preferred, and so that when the drier is not requiredfor drying purposes it may be suspended in the pantry for a pastry-safefor the protection of the pastry from flies and other insects.

It will be seen that with this kind of a drier the ordinary cook-stovemay be utilized for the heater without material interference with thecooking operations, and that the cooking operations will not materiallyinterfere with the drier.

I propose to employ a sheet-metal slide that may be inserted under thetrays to protect the fruit from the steam that may sometimes rise upfrom the stove when cooking, and for the purpose of placing over thetrays to prevent the escape of hot air at times when it may be desiredto do so. 7

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desireto secureby Letters Patent The combination, with the drier, of the ropes f,fastened at one end above the drier, the pulleys g g, the drums it, theratchet and paw], and the crank-shaft 13, as and for the purposespecified.

WILLIAM F. HALE.

' WVitnesses:

FRANK L. GRIFFITH, HENRY H. STILSON.

